One of the fans on the hands on : as we grow Facebook page mentioned that they play the “What’s Missing?” game, a memory activity, while they wait for their food.

Brilliant idea! We’ve been doing it at restaurants using the silverware, crayons, and whatever else we can find.

I also did it at home with George using Mr. Potato Head parts.

You can use whatever it is you have on hand. A few toys. Some colored blocks, or different shaped blocks.

Wow! Think of the learning potential there. You can focus on learning colors or shapes, or even numbers and letters if you’d like with them written out on cards. Or even sight words! Oh, my mind it churning now with all the possibilities! Keep an eye out for those to come!